Analyzing and refuting the inaccuracies lodged against the lgbt community by religious conservative organizations. Lies in the name of God are still lies.

Thursday, February 07, 2013

The anti-gay hate group and Congress

Some in the lgbt community have publicly asked why should we be concerned about the doings of the Family Research Council. Apparently some of us figure that if we close our eyes and put our fingers in our ears, FRC will do us no actual harm as a community.

Think again, especially after you read this from the organization's webpage:

Congress may not always act responsibly, but there are plenty of
members who do! Today, we honored the House and Senate leaders who stood
on principle and notched a perfect 100% on FRC Action's annual scorecard.
Almost 30 of the 93 congressional "True Blue" winners dropped by the
Capitol Hill Club for our special reception, and it was encouraging to
see the camaraderie in the room among the leaders who take the slings
and arrows for the rest of us as they stand for family values.
As part of this year's event, we also welcomed new members of
Congress, who will be valuable reinforcements for the pro-family cause.
This year, FRC Action scored votes on everything from repealing
ObamaCare and protecting DOMA to the President's court nominees and
safeguarding conscience rights. I appreciate the members who took time
out of their busy schedules to join us--as well as the FRC and FRC
Action staff, Tom McClusky, Connie Mackey, Sherry Crater, Mike Mears,
and Tim Potter, for your tireless efforts for our values.
Congratulations to the 112th Congress's class of True Blue winners! Thank you for all you accomplished in the name of faith, family, and freedom.

This ridiculous award underscores the simple fact that in spite of all of the highly specious things FRC has done to undermine gay equality, it has a degree of credibility to some members of Congress.

And it is Congress which passes laws (well duh). That's why it is so important for us to continue to publicly debate and denounce FRC, as well as show all of the reasons why the organization is a hate group.

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About Me

Alvin McEwen is 43-year-old African-American gay man who resides in Columbia, SC.
McEwen's blog, Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters, and writings have been mentioned by Americablog.com, Goodasyou.org, People for the American Way, PageOneQ.com, MSNBC, The Washington Post, Media Matters for America, Crooksandliars.com, Thinkprogress.org, Andrew Sullivan's Daily Dish, Newsweek, and Foxnews.com.
In addition, he is also a past contributor to Pam's House Blend,and a present contributor to Justice For All, Daily Kos, the Huffington Post, LGBTQ Nation, and Alternet.org.
He is the 2007 recipient of the Harriet Daniels Hancock Volunteer of the Year Award and the 2010 recipient of the Order of the Pink Palmetto from the SC Pride Movement as well as the 2009 recipient of the Audre Lorde/James Baldwin Civil Rights Activist Award from SC Black Pride. In addition, he is a two-time nominee of the Ed Madden Media Advocacy Award from SC Pride.